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There are 2 types of firefighters in this world, REAL firefighters and OUT-STANDING firefighters.
REAL firefighters show up to help out at the scene
OUT-STANDING firefighters show up and are OUT STANDING AROUND while the REAL firefighters do all the work
REAL firefighters do the job because they care about the community and love the job
OUT-STANDING firefighters do the job because they think the chicks dig it
REAL firefighters show up at a moments notice to ANY call because they kno… Continue
Posted on April 26, 2008 at 2:39am — 7 Comments
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- Hometown:
- Beaver Falls, PA
- I Live: (City, State)
- Beaver Falls, PA
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- all my life
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- My dad is in the fire service, when I was younger I use to go with him to the Firehouse & Fire calls ....Its in my Blood...
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- DARLINGTON TWP. FIRE DEPT. PA
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Firefighter
- Years With This Department/Agency
- Jun./06
- Second Department (if appl.)
- Beaver Falls FireDept. PA
- 2nd Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role at Second Department:
- Firefighter
- Years With Second Department/Agency
- Jan./17/08
- My Training:
- Fireground Ventilation, Engine Company Operation-"First Due-No Clue", Battle Ready Firefighters, NIIMS-IS0100, Structure Burn, Essentials, Basic RIT, Firefighter Survival, Advanced RIT, FF1 at the age of 19,
- About Me:
- This is a newspaper article about me when I was 18.
Injured driver was helped from vehicle just moments before train crushed car
By J.D. Prose, Times Staff
Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:49 PM EDT
BEAVER FALLS — A West Mayfield man whose car landed upside down on railroad tracks in Beaver Falls was helped from the wreckage by an off-duty city firefighter Tuesday, just moments before a train destroyed the vehicle.
Beaver Falls Fire Chief Mark Stowe said the unidentified driver told authorities that he fell asleep around 7 p.m. while heading west in the 800 block of 37th Street in Beaver Falls.
The man’s car crossed the center line, struck a pickup leaving a Marathon Oil gas station, went down an embankment and rolled onto its roof on the railroad tracks, Stowe said.
City firefighter Chris Callahan happened to be at the gas station and rushed to assist the driver, who was already crawling from his car. A few minutes later, Stowe said, a Norfolk Southern train came along and smashed into the car, pushing it at least 1,000 feet.
“There wasn’t a whole lot left of the vehicle,” Stowe said.
Stowe said the driver was conscious at the scene, but he was later flown to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh for head injuries.
The car’s wreckage was pulled from beneath the train shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday.
- Day Job:
- LOOKING FOR A JOB
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- I get to do every thing my parents told me not to do in a house & get told Thank You
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I Graduated iam sergant now......yeah!!!
Still working on the hydrant pics...should be finish next week
nice weekend Bro
till than stay low
Just gotyour package, thanks a lot and very nice gloves Bro.
Stay low
Stay safe
Do u still have my address??
stay low
stay low
The pants are from Hamburg FD
Be save
Thanks for your comments on RIT. I am familiar with several of the drills you mention, but would be happy to see anything you have and are willing to share. I was in Beaver Falls at EMA about 8 years ago to run a Train-the-Trainer on a hazmat ops class, but I realize you are too young to have attended!
Greg - gjakubowski@comcast.net
be safe bro
Have fun Bro
Sorry for the delay. Have had several classes over the past month. At any rate, I have several ppt and outlines. i will attempt to send them to your e-mail here.
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